Trust is a wonderful thing.”
–Ernest Haycox (Guns of Fury)
“Instead you ought to say, ‘If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.'”
“Instead you ought to say, ‘If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.'”
–James 4:15 (NKJV)
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“There is a God
Almighty God
Creator of heaven and earth and all there is.
There is no other
All will discover,
When time is through and eternity begins.”
–unknown
Our thoughts of God are too human!
Enough said, that should do it for today’s devotion. But then again, how else can God’s creation think? I hate the phrase, but we are only too human. That’s one reason why God uses metaphors, analogies, and other means of speech to describe Himself. We have really no idea of the majesty and august supremacy of God. We only have the Bible that records some of His deeds on behalf on His people.
As I have written before, man tries to lower God. He tries to bring God down to his level. One reason is that man cannot comprehend the infiniteness of God and all of His attributes. A second reason is that man doesn’t like to think of himself on a lower level. My, my, shades of Lucifer. No wonder Jesus told His disciples to just be glad that their names are written in heaven and not be prideful of what God had given them.
Man, with the aid of Satan, has always tried to bring God down. He has made images of an invisible God. He has worshiped idols of God made by his own hands; idols that cannot do a thing. He manufactures God into what he wants Him to be, and to be around when he wants Him to be around. Ahh, but God is always there. God will do all that He has designed to do. Even at the end of the Tribulation when the Antichrist declares war on God, God’s will will win out. All that He has decreed He performs. As the psalmist wrote, “But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases.” (Psalm 115:3, NKJV)
Isaiah carries this thought, “Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure.'” (46:10, NKJV) Look at the mess the world is in. Wars, famine, pestilences, terror, confusion, and guess what–it is only going to get worse. That’s why we need to put our trust in the Solid Rock. The Ancient of Days is our fortress and our foundation. We cannot comprehend the supremacy of God, but we can trust in Him. I don’t care, Democrat or Republican, demagogue or tyrant, king or dictator, none of them can stand against the decrees and supremacy of God. Maybe it would be good for all of us to read Revelation over and over. Just ponder for a while the following:
“Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns, He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. Not out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: King of Kings and Lord of Lords.”
–Revelation 19:11-16
I know this is very similar to last week’s study on the decrees of God, but it is so pertinent for us to realize that our God is supreme! No one or being can thwart His purposes and that includes His care for His children. We can count on Him; know that He is there! Because He is supreme we can trust Him with and in every aspect of our lives. In the words of Arthur W. Pink, “Here then is a sure resting-place for the heart. Our lives are neither the product of blind fate nor the result of capricious chance, but every detail of them was ordained from all eternity, and is now ordered by the living and reigning God.”
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“There is a God
Almighty God
Creator of heaven and earth and all there is.
There is no other
All will discover,
When time is through and eternity begins.”
–unknown
Our thoughts of God are too human!
Enough said, that should do it for today’s devotion. But then again, how else can God’s creation think? I hate the phrase, but we are only too human. That’s one reason why God uses metaphors, analogies, and other means of speech to describe Himself. We have really no idea of the majesty and august supremacy of God. We only have the Bible that records some of His deeds on behalf on His people.
As I have written before, man tries to lower God. He tries to bring God down to his level. One reason is that man cannot comprehend the infiniteness of God and all of His attributes. A second reason is that man doesn’t like to think of himself on a lower level. My, my, shades of Lucifer. No wonder Jesus told His disciples to just be glad that their names are written in heaven and not be prideful of what God had given them.
Man, with the aid of Satan, has always tried to bring God down. He has made images of an invisible God. He has worshiped idols of God made by his own hands; idols that cannot do a thing. He manufactures God into what he wants Him to be, and to be around when he wants Him to be around. Ahh, but God is always there. God will do all that He has designed to do. Even at the end of the Tribulation when the Antichrist declares war on God, God’s will will win out. All that He has decreed He performs. As the psalmist wrote, “But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases.” (Psalm 115:3, NKJV)
Isaiah carries this thought, “Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure.'” (46:10, NKJV) Look at the mess the world is in. Wars, famine, pestilences, terror, confusion, and guess what–it is only going to get worse. That’s why we need to put our trust in the Solid Rock. The Ancient of Days is our fortress and our foundation. We cannot comprehend the supremacy of God, but we can trust in Him. I don’t care, Democrat or Republican, demagogue or tyrant, king or dictator, none of them can stand against the decrees and supremacy of God. Maybe it would be good for all of us to read Revelation over and over. Just ponder for a while the following:
“Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns, He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. Not out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: King of Kings and Lord of Lords.”
–Revelation 19:11-16
I know this is very similar to last week’s study on the decrees of God, but it is so pertinent for us to realize that our God is supreme! No one or being can thwart His purposes and that includes His care for His children. We can count on Him; know that He is there! Because He is supreme we can trust Him with and in every aspect of our lives. In the words of Arthur W. Pink, “Here then is a sure resting-place for the heart. Our lives are neither the product of blind fate nor the result of capricious chance, but every detail of them was ordained from all eternity, and is now ordered by the living and reigning God.”